Practice these story problem types to support your child with math instruction in the classroom!
Result Unknown: Two bunnies sat on the grass. Three more bunnies hopped there. How many bunnies are on the grass now? 2 + 3 = ? Five apples were on the table. I ate two apples. How many apples are on the table now? 5 – 2 = ? Change Unknown: Two bunnies were sitting on the grass. Some more bunnies hopped there. Then there were five bunnies. How many bunnies hopped over to the first two? 2 + ? = 5 Five apples were on the table. I ate some apples. Then there were three apples. How many apples did I eat? 5 – ? = 3
Start Unknown: Some bunnies were sitting on the grass. Three more bunnies hopped there. Then there were five bunnies. How many bunnies were on the grass before? ? + 3 = 5 Some apples were on the table. I ate two apples. Then there were three apples. How many apples were on the table before? ? – 2 = 3
Total Unknown: Three red apples and two green apples are on the table. How many apples are on the table? 3 + 2 = ?
Addend Unknown: Five apples are on the table. Three are red and the rest are green. How many apples are green? 3 + ? = 5, 5 – 3 = ?
Compare: Bigger Unknown: Julie has three more apples than Lucy. Lucy has two apples. How many apples does Julie have? 2 + 3 = ? 3 + 2 = ? Lucy has 3 fewer apples than Julie. Lucy has two apples. How many apples does Julie have? 2 + 3 = ?, 3 + 2 = ? Smaller Unknown: Julie has 3 more apples than Lucy. Julie has five apples. How many apples does Lucy have? 5 – 3 = ? ? + 3 = 5 Lucy has three fewer apples than Julie. Julie has five apples. How many apples does Lucy have? 5 - 3 = ?